Vehicle-wheel and pneumatic tire therefor.



No/8293161. I 4 Q 5 PATENTEDAUG. 28, 1906.

E. 0 UETTE. VEHICLE WHEEL AND UMATIG TIRE THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTr 11. 1905.

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Rw 0 9 l 00 2 G U A D E m N T A P VEHICLE WHEEL AND-PNEUMATIC TIR E THEREFOR APPLICATION FILED SEPT.11, 1905.

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UNITED srarns PATENT orri'on.

nrnnAiEM (JHAQUETTE, on NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

. J I VEHlCLE-WHEELJAND PNEUMATIC Tins THEREFOR. v

N 0. 829,461. Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 28, 1906.

Application filed September 11, 1906. Serial No. 277.872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, EPHRAIEM CHAQUETTE, a citizen of thellnited States of America, and a resident of New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels and Pneumatic Tires Therefor, of which the following'is' a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle-wheels and pneumatic tires therefor; and it has for its object the provision of means preventing puncturing of said tires and means distributing the strain applied to the tires in practice generally throughout the entire circumferential area thercot.

In brief, my invention comprises a twopart peripheral channel or rim borne by the wheel, and -a pneumatic tire fitted therein with space for expansion, the tread only of said tire being exposed-beyond the protecting-walls ofsaid channel and said tread being reinforced to avoid puncturing. The inner contacting surface of the pneumatic tire may be providedwith a series of corrugations which mesh with corrugations upon the base of the channel forming the felly,'in this manner avoiding the possibility of the pneumatic tire creeping ,at any point circun1-, ferentially of said felly. I

In the drawings accompanying this application, Figure ,1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved wheel and tire. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig.v 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a modification; and Fig. 4 is a section on the l11164 4 of Fig. 3. f

The letter (1 indicates the hub of a Wheel having the radial spokes c,whicl1 are here shown as havin a rim c Mounted upon said wheel is a bipart peripheral channel composed of the vertical ring-plates b b,having,'respectively,.the inset flanges b b ,'where with they are secured to the wheel, as by bolts 1), passed through said flanges and wheel. The plate I) is also provided with a flange or fellylate, as b which lies against and encircles t e wheel, said flange or fellyplate being provided with a series of transverse corrugations, as b, about its outer surface. The pneumatic tube or tire, as c, is adapted to fit slidably between the'plates b b, the circumference of its air-space lying Within. the horizontal plane of the lower edgesof said plates, whereby the latter,

which are of metal, serve to protect said tire from attack at its side walls by any sharp pointed or edged article which may be met with on the road. The tread portion a of the pneumatic tire is thickened to protrude beyond the edges of the plates 1) b and is procontacting inner surfaces of the plates 6 b in the compressing and relaxing action of said tube. The channel-plates may bulge outwardly somewhat toward their inner portion compressing or sliding inwardly. The extreme edges of the plates 1) b may besli htly tin or abrading the walls of the tire-tread.

fn order that the pneumatic tube or tire may be securely connected to the felly-plate at all points about the circumference of the latter, said tube or tire is provided about its ed to fit snugly etween the corrugations 1) upon the felly-plate. In thismanner creeping of the tire circumferentially of its support is positively prevented and the union between these members is rendered continuous. Thepneumatic tire or tube, is easily adjusted in position or removed by disconnecting the plate I) and slip 'ing said tire, or tube sidewise onto or off tlie corrugated surface of the tire or tube enteringand tting snugly in the spaces between the corres ending teeth or projections on said felly-p ate. In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a moidfied form of Wheel and tire more particularly in-,

indicates the hub, having the radial spokes f, and g 9 indicate, respectively, the two portions of a bi: art peripheral channel or felly, the said portions having corresponding flanges g 9 respectively, which meet centrally and are united by bolts as g, the outer ends of the spokes f. also being secured to said flanges. portions g g, receives the pneumatic tire, as and serves to rotect the side walls thereof, as in the other orm of my invention butit nra not be necessary in this lighter'form to uni "e the tire and channel by corrugated surfaces.

It is to be understood that the references tended for draft-vehicl es and cycles, it being of a lighter'construction. .In said figures. f 5

vided with outwardly-conver ing side walls to allow said tube to ride free y between the I to provide space for the tube or tire when i flared outwardly to avoid the danger 0 cutinner circumferential surface with a series of corrugations c orresponding to and adaptfolly-plate, the teeth or {projections on the The channel, composed of the IIO herein to a tire or tube imply a pneumatic tube, of rubber or the like, suitably reinforced with fabric,'as well known in the art.

I claim 1. In a vehicle-wheel, a bipart rim therefor composed of two, vertical, removable ring-plates having inset llanges, one of said plates having a corrugated base-flange, and

.bolts uniting said plates to the wheel."

2. In a vehicle-wheel, a bipart rim therefor composed of two, vertical, removable ring-plates having inset flanges, one of said plates having a corrugated base-flange, and bolts uniting said plates to the wheel; together with a pneumatic tire slidably fitted between said ringplates, leaving inward clearancesat opposite sides between said tire and ring-plates) 3. In a vehicle-wheel, a bipart rim therefor composed of two, vertical, removable ring-plates having inset flanges, one of said plates having a corrugated base-flangeand bolts unitin said )ltttes to the wheel" to- 'ge ther with a pneumatic tire slidably fitted tire lying within the peripheral edges of said I ring-plates, and its tread portion extending beyond said peripheral edges.

5. In a vehicle-wheel, a bipart rim there-- for, composed of two, vertical, removable ring-plates having inset flanges, one of said plates having a corrugated base-flange, forming a telly, and bolts uniting said flanges to the wheel, together with a pneumatic tire whose base is corrugated coincidently with the corrugations in said flangcplate and adaptedto mesh therewith.

6. In a vehicle-wheel, a bipart rim therefor, composed of two, vertical, removable ring-plates having inset flanges, one of said plates having a corrugated base-flange, forming a felly, said plates bulging outwardly near their inner circumference, and bolts uniting said plates to the wheel; together with a pneumatic tire slidable within the contracted space between said plates, leaving clearances between it and the bulging portrons of said ring-plates, the base of said tire being corrugated coincidently with the corrugations in said telly-plate.

v7. In a vehicle-wheel, a bipart rim therefor, composed of two, vertical, removable ring-plates having inset flanges, one of: said plates having a corrugated base-flange, sa d corrugated base-flange lying against the inset flange of the opposite ring-plate, and bolts uniting said plates to the wheel.

Signed at New York this 9th day of September, 1905.

EPI'IRAIEM CHAQUETTE. Witnesses:

, F. W. BARKER,

DWIGHT W. DE Morris. 

